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G. M. WRIGHT.

v IGQMIBINEYDHMITIEN AND SLEEVE r011 GARMENTVS. No. 361,250. r Patente'dA r; 12,1887.

WITNESSES DIVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE .M. WRIGHT, on sHEnBYvILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR on onE i-IALr TO SYLVAN H. MORRIS, or SAME PLACE.

COMBINED MITTEN AND SLEEVE FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,250, dated April 12, 1887.

Applicationliled November 30, 1886. Serial No. 220,307. (No mode/Ll To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. WR GHT, of Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Combined Mitten and Sleeve for Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a combined sleeve and mitten or glove for garments, made of rubher or other material, worn for protection against inclement weather, and has for its ob- Ject to provide a protection for the hand, forming part of the garment, which may be d sposed of in an easy, convenient, and unobect-1onable manner without removing the said garment from the person, and wherein there will be perfect freedom of the hand from close confinement.

The invention consists in a mitten or glove so formed and attached to a sleeve that it may be folded back upon the sleeve to constitute a cuff, as will be hereinafter more specificallv set forth and claimed. v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate.

corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 1s an under plan view of my comb1ned mitten and sleeve as in position over the hand, and Fig. 2 illustrates the mitten less, the said tip being provided with an integral strip, 0, at one side, purposed to extend inward over the forefinger and to a point near the thumb, the lower edgeof which strip is left free, to facilitate the withdrawal of the hand when desired. p I

That portion D of the sleeve adapted to cover the lower portion of the palm and wrist, which may be termed the cuff, is divided upon the under side, the one portion, constituting a flap, d, having studs d at top and bottom, the-other portion, (1 being provided with a thumb-covering, E, integral with its upper edge at one side, while the longitudinal edge (I is reenforced and fitted with button-holes adapted to receive the studs of the flap when said flap is carried over thereon.

A space, F, is made to intervene the edge of the tip B and the upper or horizontal edge of the flap portion of the cuff D, whereby a portion of the palm is exposed to promote circulation and aid in the quick withdrawal of the hand from the'mitten.

When the sleeve has been extended its'full length, as shown in Fig. 1, the fingers of the hand, with a mitten on, if desirable, as ample room is provided, are inserted within the tip B. and the thumb within its covering E. The flap (1 is then buttoned over upon the reenforced portion of the cuff d Thus aperfect mitten is formed, admitting of a circulation of air and the free movement of the fingers, yet affording perfect protection. \Vhen it is desired to remove the mitten, the flap is unbuttoned and the fingers and thumb withdrawn. The mitten portion 'is now folded back upon the cuff, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the cuff is in turn folded over upon the mitten, and the sleeve to its normal position, as illustrated in Fig. 8, the flap being again buttoned upon the reenforced portion of the cuff d. Thus without removing the garment a quick transformation is made, the effect being a neat cuff for the sleeve.

I do not limit myself to the precise form and arrangement of the various parts, as the same may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A garment-sleeve formed with the fingertip B, having the rearwardly-projecting strip O,and thumb-covering E, substantially as here in shown and described.

2. A garment-sleeve provided with a cuff,

D, divided upon the under side into a piece,

(1 and a flap, d, and having a mitten consisting of the finger-tip B, the rearwardly-projecting strip 0, and the thumb-covering E, substantially as herein shown and described.

GEORGE M. WRIGHT.

\Vitnesses: 1

G. W. F. KIRK, SYLVAIN H. MoRRIs. 

